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APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I| 1920.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, FnrrziMus'rnn and HANS MUSTER, both citizens of the Republic of Switzerland, and residents of Ruegsau, in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transporting Cases, of which the following is a specification.

In transporting cases hitherto known and chiefly used for the transport of substances in powder form, such as spice, chemicals and so forth, the body of the case is generally formed of a number of staves which are secured together by means of 1I0Il or steel bands. Experience has shown, however,

I that these staves, usually made of veneer of 7 known transporting cases consisting in that the main body or cylindrical board forming the sides of the case, which is in the shape of a wooden barrel, is provided at its inner and outer face with a series of grooves the purpose thereof being hereinafter described.

In order that the invention may befully understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawing, in which: Y Fig. 1 shows an outside'view, and

Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the transv porting case constructed in accordancewithour method. I p

Fig.'-3 illustrates a top view of part of the board in straightened position.

The new transporting case comprises a main body in the form of a cylindrical board a representing the sides of the case, the inner as well as the outer face of said board being provided with longitudinal grooves 25 in such a manner that. as will be more clearly seen from Fig. 3, the two setsof grooves are transposed in relation to each other. The portions interposed between the grooves are hereby wider than the latter,

1 Specification o. IiettersiP ate nt.

Patented. DI-.4; 1922i.

Application filed August 31, 1920. Serial No. 407,169.

f transposingthetwo sets I of grooves isto', enable the employment in the construction of transporting cases or staves for barrels of soft wood even when the same is knotted, a breakage owing to this arrangement of the grooves being prevented. Provision is further made of rings 0 which, by any suitable means (not shown) are secured to the said main body and made to embrace it at the top and bottom and centre part respectively. 7

This transporting case is particularly adapted for use in conveying substances such as spiceinpowder form and is provided atv the inner face with a lining d of paste board having undulations made to fit in the afore said grooves. The body or board a is fashioned at the top and bottom :with a butment 0 having shoulders atf and the ends ofthe lining (Z are bent outwardly. in such a manner that they are madeto rest against the said shoulders, In order to retain these outwardly bent portions or flanges in their position, that is in the position. shown in Fig. 2, in which the lining is caused to fit tightly against the inner face of the body or board a, the latter has annular recesses at forming a continuation of the shoulders 7' into which recesses the flanges of the lining (Z are pressed. {The inner face of each of the butments e is slightly slanting and serves to receive a lid i having'a paste board lin-' ing 72. of which the outer edge abuts against the flange of the lining d. In this way the whole of the interior of the transporting case is limited by linings which render the case air-tight and prevent thev goods to be transp ortedto come .in contact with wood or iron and acquire their odour. I

The'safeguarding of i he lids z'is effected in the known manner, for instance by means of a ring 72 driven into the slanting face of the butment e and against the lid. The ends of the lining (Z could, if desired andfor thesake' of simplicity, .be made to terminatea-t and'lie flush with the shoulders f of the butment in which case, however, other means would have to be'provided to secure the lining to the body a of the transporting case. 7 V v v v \Ve are aware that it is not new in transporting cases or staves for barrels. tubs and the like, to provide the same with corrugations or grooves at the inner side in order to increase the area of the wood surface and disposed grooves at its inner and outer faces running in the direction of the 'Wood as it grew, the said inner and outer grooves being transposed in relation to one another and the portions interposed between the neighboring grooves beingwider than said grooves, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FRITZ MUSTERL V HANS MUSTER.

Witnesses:

J. ALLEMAN,

-M. MULLER. 

